HC Deb 07 February 1996 vol 271 cc196-7W
Mr. David Nicholson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment which local education authorities in England spent below their capping limits in(a) 1994–95 and (b) 1995–96; and, in each case, by how much in cash and percentage of total spending. [13443]

Sir Paul Beresford

The local education authorities which budgeted by more than £50,000 below their capping limits in 1994–95 and 1995–96 are as follows:

(a) 1994–95
£ million Percentage of 1994–95 Budget requirement
City of London 0.142 0.2
Kensington and Chelsea 1.553 1.1
Lambeth 9.207 2.9
Southwark 2.706 1.0
Tower Hamlets 1.324 0.5
Wandsworth 14.681 6.2
Westminster 25.496 13.1
Barking and Dagenham 0.513 0.4
Bexley 2.848 1.9
Brent 8.729 3.5
Bromley 9.095 5.2
Croydon 3.844 1.6
Ealing 13.974 5.6
Enfield 0.121 0.1
Harrow 0.299 0.2
Havering 3.821 2.5
Kingston upon Thames 2.778 3.1
Redbridge 3.040 1.8
Richmond upon Thames 0.399 0.4
Trafford 2.491 1.7
Sandwell 3.868 1.6
Solihull 2.553 2.1
Wolverhampton 6.222 3.0
Bradford 8.299 2.1
Buckinghamshire 1.001 0.2
Cheshire 0.105 0.02
Hampshire 20.860 2.3
West Sussex 4.703 1.1
Isles of Scilly 0.089 3.7
(b) 1995–96
£ million Percentage of 1995–96 budget requirement
City of London 0.936 0.9
Kensington and Chelsea 3.178 2.2
Lambeth 8.848 2.9
Westminster 29.011 13.6
Barking and Dagenham 0.425 0.3
Brent 18.368 7.9
Bromley 8.202 4.4
Croydon 0.099 0.04
Ealing 11.915 5.0
Kirklees 4.764 1.7
Cheshire 0.150 0.03
Essex 8.876 1.0
Isles of Scilly 0.164 6.2